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.rf l ^ ; * '«:'••?#,,+:vi , V " 5 ' < " " ' ' 1 THE MCHENRY PUINDEALER Wl*i McHENRY PLAINDEALER CO. -v v "*;•< ------ g illcHENEY, - ILLINOIS. fi ?W:&. '•g{. H. S. Boal, former Chicagoan and ' ~ aon-in-law of Colonel W. F. Cody, com­ mitted suicide at Sheridan, Wyo. Dr. Adolph Lorenz, the Austrian specialist, will have to pay $25 for a license before he can practice surgery In Philadelphia. Frank Stecher, a Chicago attorney, was convicted of embezzlement at Marion, Ind., and sentenced to from two to fourteen years in the peniten­ tiary. The case of Colonel Edward Butler, charged with bribery, has been post­ poned at St. Louis, neither side being ready for trial at the present time. Judge Baxter at Omaha, Neb., sen­ tenced Anton Christensen to life im­ prisonment for the murder of his wife. Thomas Dunn, who killed Peter Jackson in St. Louis in October, 1900, was sentenced by the supreme court to be hanged. Thomas Love, 25 years old, was killed by a passenger train at Ke- wanee, 111., while standing on a track waiting for a freight train to pass. W. A. Avery and C. H. Green, Mich­ igan lumber men, have coriifcleted a deal for the purchase of 22,000 acres timber land in Lane county, Ore­ gon, for $300,000. William Cole, a farmer of Centralia, III., was thrown from a horse and killed. Miss Anna Mary Wilson of Chicago has been elected president of the freshman class at Smith college, Northampton, Mass. The second congress of Southern Pacific land and immigration agents at Houston, Tex., elected G. M. McKln- ney of Chicago as president L. M.. McNutt, aged 67 years, of Pana, 111., fell 750 feet down the shaft of the Fenwell coal mine and was in­ stantly killed. Solomon H. Amaral, writing at Fav- al, declares that there is remarkable enthusiasm among the residents of the Azores for annexation to the ' United States. After five hours' deliberation the Jury in the Herbert murder case at 1 Washington, Ind., returned a verdict ' or guilty and fixed the punishment at 'life imprisonment. Herbert kicked .Louis Cunningham TO death. jt4 It has been decided to establish jjwirelecs telegraphy apparatuses at all stations and on all passenger trains . v on Italian railroads. King Victor • I * ' < pps'i-.. it Emmanuel of his own initiative has appointed William Marconi a chevalier f'of the Order of Industrial Merit. ; Owing to heavy rains for forty- eight hours at Brunswick, Ga., five blocks In the center of the city are ,.: ; e under water, and many business '. .'.?houses have from ten to fifteen Inches fyjlSi&'ot water in them. • ^ State Henry was hanged In the death chamber at the penitentiary at j Moundsville, W. Va. J®«sie Gillespie, aged 17, of Beloit, ^ wWis., has disappeared from her home is supposed to have gone to Chi- pr , ? *"cago to seek employment. IfV-i;* Arthur Moyer, aged 19, self-con­ fessed murderer of Douglas Craft, has been sentenced at Kankakee, I1L, to . 20 years' imprisonment. ' Felipe Nesdell, a wealthy American « nine owner, whose right name is said to have been Charles Walker, of St. Louis, was murdered at his mines in Mexico. All but three of the 125 striking employes of the Syracuse cement works at Syracuse, Ind., have re­ turned to work under a compromise agreement.' i?K.; Edward Hart, aged 21, son of Cal- p',, ^ !Tln Hart of Nadeau, Mich., was in- stantly killed by a flying piece of Iron 'J from the wheel of a fodder cutter, i e*; The bureau of insular affairs of the war department has received a dis- patch from Governor Taft stating that the Philippine commission has passed an act inviting bids for street rail­ road, electric light and other fran- chlses in Manila, the bids to be : opened March 5, 1903. The bids will be advertised in this country. •; American Railway Association clos- ed its meeting at Detroit. The next convention will be held in New York In April. Gov. Yates has honored a requisition from the governor of Missouri for the extradition of Frank Parkhurst, under arrest in Chicago and wanted in St. Louis on a charge of larceny. The Jury in the case of Miss Etta Martin, who sued Joseph Ayler, a mil­ lionaire mine owner of Webb City, Mo., for $100,000 for breach of prom­ ise to marry, disagreed. Mr. Ayler, who is one of the wealthiest men in southwestern Missouri, is 63 years old. Miss Martin is 25. She formerly fe---'-lived at Springfield, Mo. >, Foreign Minister Delcasse of ' • France has notified China that France ifl4 /!, prepared to withdraw her troops simultaneously with the withdrawal °f the forces of the other powers, re- serving the right to send a contingent back in the event of another power disembarking troops. jg. _ £ , ' . The Kentucky Confederate Veter- /• , - 4 ans' home at Pewee Valley, Ky., has been dedicated Mrs. Nettie Wall of Liden, Ind., died J«Wt after being told she was under ; arrest, charged with the murder of her father, George Nicholas ||v. Wiiliani Coates, 18 years old, who • murdered his mother In the suburbs of St. Joseph, Mo., in order to get pos- . session of her property, was con- demned to be hanged December 8. kW^4 Mr8" Sarah R°bly. aged 60, was killed in a runaway on the public square at Centerville, Iowa. mi" Til man of Nappanee, Ind., was , pUBably fatally injured at Wabash , Driving up to the Wabash railroad < crossing at Cass street, his horse took i fright and kicked the dashboard so > that It flew, back and struck him in itbe abdomen. Joe Rogel, Dan Callahan and Hugh Morrow, 13-year-old neighbors of Ok­ lahoma City, Ok., were killed near Noble by a Santa Fe traln^ The boys had been hunting and walked the track. The New York grand Jury Indicted on charges of murder In the first de­ gree Thomas Tobln, alias Thomas Kel- ley, and Alexander McEneaney, in con­ nection with the murder of Captain James B. Craft W. K. Vanderbilt's Quos Ego was second in the race for the Prix Faisan- derie at the Saint Cloud (France) meeting. The docks committee of Bristol, England, announces that the Grand Trunk railroad will begin Dec. 6 a fortnightly service between Portland and Avonmouth, using three of the Ocean Transport Company's steam­ ers. The Africa trade section of the Liv­ erpool Chamber of Commerce has sent a telegraphic message to Colonial Sec­ retary Chamberlain conveying assur­ ances that his visit to South Africa will result in the greatest benefit to the commerce of that country and in improvement of the relations existing between it and Great Britain. The Hamburg-American line steam­ er Deutschland, which has been under repair as the result of losing its rud­ der in April while on a voyage from New York to Hamburg, has left the dock in which it was placed shortly after its arrival at Hamburg and is preparing to resume its sailings from Hamburg Nov. 6 And from New York Nov. 19. The Chicago Great Western freight- house in the west bottoms of Kansas City, Mo., with its contents, and eight loaded freight cars were destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $15,000. John Church of the firm of Church Brothers' Milling Company, Indian­ apolis, Ind., which went into Insolven­ cy several years ago, has killed him­ self at the home of a brother-in-law, Thomas E. Dean, of Ben Davis. Lem Robinson and William Diggs quarreled at a dance near Barnard, Mo., over a girl, and Robinson struck Diggs on the head with a brick, frac­ turing his skull. Before Diggs became unconscious he plunged a knife Into Robinson's abdomen. Frank Orr was shot and fatally wounded by Eli Fox at Newcastle, Ind. Fox attacked Orr with a knife, inflicting three sorious wounds. Then both taen secured ?hotgun|. Fox had his gun leveled at Orr, but Orr fired first. The shooting was the result of a family feud. Reports received from Siberia say that the wheat harvest there is very poor. A. E. Shaw of Mountain View, Okla., has been found guilty of the murder last July of Walter Burns of Graham, Texas. Rev. J. Monroe Markley of Pitts- field, III., has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First "Congregational church of Denver. Leland Stanford Stillman of New York, a nephew of the late Senator Stanford of California and a relative cf James Stillman, the New York banker, and Miss Ada Litimer, a sing­ er of New York City, were married at Hutchinson, Kan. Mrs. John Laine, wife of a farmer living near Brockett, N. D., poisoned her 8-months-old son and then com­ mitted suicide with poison. Domestic trouble is said to have been the cause. Jap Miller of Brooklyn, Ind., the subject of James Whitcomb Riley's poem, has warned newspapers and theaters against the further use of his name in connection with Ezra Kendall and his new comedy, "The Vinegar Maker." The American Tobacco Company has appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court a case to test the validity of the state law taxing cigarette dealers $25 a month. The company claims the act is unconstitutional, as it is placed among the criminial statutes, and that since jobbers are. exempt it is class legislation. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain of Great Britain is in correspondence with the governments of the colonies and with the boards of trade in re gard to the possibility of introducing the metric system in the empire. The German Samoan Company, with the permission of the govern­ ment, designs to Import Chinese la­ borers to work on the plantations in Samoa, on which cacao is chief!} grown. The company has engaged a former contractor of the New Guinea Company to proceed to southern China and engage agricultural workers. The probabilities are that native la­ bor will be wholly displaced by Cnina- men. The German concessionaries find they can get more work out of Chinamen. James Maloney, a miner, was killed In Harrison mine at Murphysboro, 111. He was employed as pillow worker and while discharging his duties sev­ eral tons of coal and slate fell upon him. Mrs. H. A. Heath and her second husband formerly of Toledo and Bowling Green, O., kidnaped her daughter from her first husband, took the child from school and attempted escape in a buggy. Officers captured and landed them in jail after a long chase. The large warehouse of Williams Bros.' grocery and hardware company at Butler, Mo., was destroyed by fire. Horace Joseph shot and killed Rol- lans Whittaker in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Both men are cojored. Joseph was held without bail. Hsnry C. Frick of Pittsburg has been elected a director of the Equit­ able Trust CoinpaLy of New York. John Flax, arrested at Fairbury, Neb., on a charge of ^runkenness, is in the Lincoln county Jail accused of complicity in the recent Burlington robbery. Lazard Freres of New York has re ceived advices from the London, Paris and American bank, limited, at San Francisco, of the shipment of $750,000 in gold from Australia. The gold is due to arrive at San Francisco the middle of November. Warren Shrake, a government con­ tractor/was Instantly killed by a pre­ mature explosion of powder at Gales- ville, Wis. The National Wagon Manufacturers' Association met at Memphis, elected officers and chose Chicago as the nect meeting place. SMGIST DIES Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Expires at Her Home in York. FATHER THOUGHT HER BEREFT Hurries to daughter's Home to Care for Her When He Hears of the Then Strange Dogma She Was Spreading Abroad. New York special: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the well known woman suf- lragist, died at her home in West Ninety-fourth street in this city. Old age was given as the cause of death. She was conscious almost to the last Recently Mrs. Stanton began to fail rapidly. This became more noticeable and then It was known to the family that her death was only a -question of days or hours. The children with Mrs. Stanton when she died were Mrs. M. F. Law­ rence and Mrs. Stanton Blatch of New York, Henry and Robert L. of New York, lawyers; Theodore of Paris, and G. Smith, a real estate broker at Warden Cliffe, L. I. Mrs. Stanton's History. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who signed the first call for a woman's rights con­ vention In the United States, was born in Johnstown, N. Y., on Nov. 12, 1815. She was the daughter of Judge Daniel Cady and Margaret Livingston Cady, both persons of unusual education and refinement As a child she displayed unusual In­ telligence and began her education at the Johnstown academy. After finish­ ing the course at her home school she went to Mrs. Emma Willard's semin­ ary in Troy, N. Y., where she was graduated in 1832. In 1839 she met Henry Brewster Stanton, an anti-slavery orator of some note, and in 1840 they were married. Immediately after their wedding they went to London, where the interna­ tional anti-slavery convention was to be held. Woman's Rights Pioneer. Mrs. Stanton was one of the dele­ gates from America, but was denied participation in the proceedings be­ cause she was a woman. While in London she met Lucretia Mott, and with her signed the first call for a women's rights convention. Return­ ing to Boston Mr. and Mrs. Stanton made their home there until Mr. Stan­ ton was compelled to remove to Sen­ eca Falls, N. Y., because of his health. It was in Seneca Falls, on the 19th and 20th of July, 1848, in the Wesleyan chapel, that the first women's rights convention was held. Mrs. Stanton was the head of the movement at that time, and beside caring for the dele­ gates wrote the declaration of aims which became the subject of ridicule and jest throughout the United States. Father Doubts Her 8anity. When Mrs. Stanton's father, Judge Cady, heard of her resolution, "That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred rights to the elective fran­ chise," he was impressed with the idea that her mind had become de­ ranged and hastened from Johnstown to Seneca Falls to care for her. He tried to reason with her on the elect­ ive franchise question, but failed to move her from her purpose. From 1867 to 1874 she went from state to state campaigning for wom­ an's suffrage and became associated with numerous organizations having that end in view. She became the candidate for congress lrom the Eighth New York district. She became asso­ ciated in the management of the revo­ lution with Susan B. Anthony and was the joint author in many books bear­ ing on woman's suffrage. She had five sons and two daughters, all of whom are living and successful in life. GIRL8 MAY STUDY FARM LORE Practical and Theoretical Work to Be Done at Wellesley. Wellesley, Mass., dispatch: Welles- ley college is planning to establish a course in farming for its fair girl students. The course includes instruc­ tion in scientific gardening, dairying, poultry-raising and grafting. Bee- raising will also be taught. No better facilities could be found for such a course, for besides the spacious grounds of the institution the world famous Hunnewell estate, with its marvelous greenhouses and horticul­ tural collections, is at Wellesley, and would be thrown open to the students of such a course. Football Victim. Staunton, 111., dispatch: Edward Schmidt was injured in a football game with a St. Louis team, and died within ten minutes. The first half was almost completed when Schmidt, after a tackle, complained of a oain in his head. 8r.hm.idt died Just as a doctor arrived. Democrats Fail to Qualify. St Joseph, Mich., dispatch: The Democrats in the Ninth district have defaulted in certifying to their nomi­ nations, and as a consequence Con­ gressman Rosewell P. Bishop, Repub­ lican, is without an opponent Cement Factory Employes Quit. Goshen, Ind., dispatch: Nearly 100 employes of the Syracuse cement fac­ tory, one of the largest In the coun­ try, are on strike because the super­ intendent discharged their leader for forming a union. New Minister Prom Spain. Washington dispatch: Senor Don Emillo de Ojeda, the new Spanish minister, was received at the tem­ porary White House ^"by President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Hay in­ troducing him. •« 8hot tor Stoning Train. Edwardsville, 111., dispatch: Tbraa men stoned the Wabash passenger train No. £1 at Worden. One of them, William Allen, was fatally shot and was taken to his home at Stauntoo. Bandit Kills Engine- and Cows ; Employes. COVERS CLOTHES WITH BURLAP Completely Disguised, the Robber Uses Dynamite on Express Safe Then Compels Fireman to Carry Him Two Miles on Locomotive. 'Helena, Mont., dispatch: ' A lone bandit held up the eastbound limited train No. 2 on the Northern Pacific road ncsr Drummond, Mont, killed the engineer, robbed the mail, dyna­ mited the safe in the express car and got away into the mountains on horse­ back with an eight-hour start over his pursuers. The amount of his plun­ der is not known, but is thought to be large. It was shortly after midnight when the robbery was committed. The train, which is usually known, as the North Coast Limited Mail, passed through Missoula at 10:20 o'clock, and nothing suspicious was noticed about it. It made other stops, and it is not known here where the robber got on board. Opens the Throttfe. When a point three miles east of Bear Mouth and two miles west of Drummond was reached the engineer, Daniel O'Neill, received a signal to stop. He obeyed at once, and had al­ most brought the train to a standstill when he happened to glance back at the tender. He saw a man creeping toward him over the coal and at once understood what was to happen. "Stop the train at once," said the man with an oath. For answer O'Neill pulled open the throttle and tried to give the train full speed ahead. Then the robber fired at him. O'Neill fell to the floor and died a few minutes later, leaving the robber in full control of the situa­ tion. The latter drove the other men in the crew to the rear of the train, and by frequent shots in their direc­ tion held them and the passengers at a distance. There was a panic among the passengers, but the robber paid, no more attention to them. Uses Dynamite. First he plundered the mail car, taking all the registered letters. Then he turned his attention to the com­ bination express and baggage car. The dynamite charge which he put under the safe was hea^y enough to completely wreck the cw. When he had gathered his booty together he made the fireman carry him on the engine four miles east, to a place two miles east of Drummond. "I've got a horse in the timber, there," he said to the fireman, "and I've got a good get-away. -Nobody will ever catch up with me." As he was getting off the engine he shouted back to the fireman: "If any­ body asks who I am, just tell them that I'm the fellow who held up the Southern Pacific train near Portland about a year ago." The robber wore a black mask, which, was found on a mountain trail two miles away by the first posse in pursuit He had his clothes covered with burlap, so that no description of them could be given by his vic­ tims. BURGLARS SHOOT MAN IN BED Fatal Assault on Well-Known Nebras* ka Grajin Agent David City, Neb., special: Harvey Llllie, aged 38 years, was shot while lying in bed. Burglars entered his house and he heard the noise. From the position in which the body was found it is thought that he tried to get out of bed in order to fight them. He was shot through the head. The burglars found $350 in the house. Mr. Lillie owned three bloodhounds. Two of them were poisoned and died Lillie is the agent for the Nye-Schnei- der-Fowler Grain company, which has elevators all over Nebraska. TO RE8TORE WHITTIER'S HOME Haverhill House, Damaged by Fire, Is to Be Rebuilt Boston dispatch: The Whittier homestead at Haverhill, which 1 was damaged^)* fire, 1b to be restored on exactly th^jold lines. The ancient furniture ana the desk of his grand­ father, on which Whittier wrote1 his first verses--and, as it happens, also tht last poem he ever wrote--will go bac;k where it stood two generations, and perhaps three, before the poet's bi/th. Lets Cuban Mail Contract Washington dispatch: Postmaster General Payne has signed an order awarding the contracts for carrying the mails to Cuba and several parts of Mexico to the New York asd Cuba Mail Steamship company, the only bidder. Jimf Younger Is Buried. Lee's Summit. Mo., special: Jim Younger Aas burled here by the side of his bjpther Bob. The body was Interred without ceremonies. On the coffin rested a floral tribute from O'Connor, chief of police, of St Paul. PHILIPPINES President's Order Breaks Up LonS HeW, % - Spaniards. J i ' Protection by the Speaker CUTS DOWN EXORBITANT RATES Permits Vessel OWners of Any Na­ tionality to Engage In Transporting Merchandise Between Porfil fe tM Delight of the Islanders. To Relieve Miller. Washington special: Rear Admiral Merrill Miller, at present commandant of the Mare Island navy yard, Is to be relieved at the end of his tour of shore duty some time during this wlntar by Capt Bowman H. McCalla. Strikers Terrorize City. Dunkirk, France, cable: The peo­ ple are In a state of terror over the actions of the striking miners. The strikers pillaged the shops and at­ tacked and wounded merchants who resisted them. Judge Pleasants Is Dead. Rock Island, 111., special: Judge Qeo>*ge W. Pleasants, who hud served with distinction on the Illinois Appel- lato bench, died of pneumon'a at his home. He was 76 years of an. The Philippine commission, through President Roosevelt, has authorized an extension of the coastwise trade of the Philippine archipelago so that shipowners of any nationality may en­ gage in it. This ia regarded as a godsend by the merchants and others. Heretofore this trade has been prac­ tically a monopoly in the hands of Spaniards, who charged exorbitant rates, they being protected by the old Spanish laws. Commercial Revolution. The new order will probably to suit In revolutionizing insular com merce. It is expected that a large number of Germans, English, Chinese, and Japaneses will now take advan­ tage of the new registry regulations. The Chinese now control the rice situation and are smashing the Eng­ lish and Spanish pool with the aid of China guilds. The wretched agricul­ tural conditions are causing poor trade prospects for next year. To Help the Poor. The Philippine commission has de­ cided to devote the sum of $66,000, the profit of government sales of rice under General Bell's administration, including the profits derived from the concentration villages in Batan- gas, Laguna and Mindoro, to the pur­ chase of food to be distributed to the poor through the agency of the civil officials In the provinces mentioned, it will also loan $2,500 of the insular funds to the province of Ilocos for the purchase of food for the sufferers there. The general suffering among the natives is the natural result of the war and pestilence. Soldiers Turn Farmers. Permanent relief cannot be expected until 1904, when, it is thought, agri­ culture will revive. General Bell, with the aid of the chief of the agri­ cultural bureau, has secured an ap­ propriation for the purchase of seeds and machinery, and is taking great pains to instruct the natives in Amer­ ican methods of farming. His sol­ diers have discarded their guns for plows. RU88IAN BOUNDARY 8HAFT8 Indian Guides Americans to 8ix Mon­ uments in Alaska. Seattle, Wash., dispatch: • Reports from Juneau, Alaska, say that United States Judge Brown has word from Commissioned Gerton of Porcu­ pine that Johnnie Stick, an Indian, has guided J. W. Smith and Frank Alterlnose to the boundary Russian monuments, six in number, in Rainy Hollow, found by Lieutenant Em- mens. The district is a vast mineral belt in American territory. ' The mon­ uments are ten feet high and built of stone. GRAIN THIEF ATTEMPTS 8UICIDE Youth 8evers an Artery in an En­ deavor to Escapo Pontiac. Kankakee, 111., dispatch: William Bouchard, who was sentenced to the state reformatory for stealing gfain from a local elevator, severed an ar­ tery of his leg in an effort to commit suicide. He said he would rather die than go back to the reformatory, where he had served a year before, because the prisoners had few priv­ ileges and were worked beyond ttyeir strength. He begged to be sent to Joliet penitentiary. BROOM COMBINE 18 FORMING Manufacturers Take 8teps to Finance Merger at $5,000,000. New York dispatch: Arrangements have been made for financing the pro­ posed combination of broom manu­ facturers, which, if formed, will have a capital of $5,000,000. The total cap­ italization of the companies engaged in manufacturing brooms in the United States is about $3,000,000, and their yearly output about 42,000,000 brooms. The manufacturers who have been asked to give options on their plants represent 75 per cent of the broom industry of the country. Reduces Size of Army. Washington dispatch: A general order to the army was issued announc­ ing that by direction of the president the organization of enlisted strength of the army under the reorganization act of Feb. 2, 1901, shall be reduced to 56,9£9, the minimum authorised by law. Electrical Inventor Dead. New York dispatch: Prof. Sidney Howe Short, a widely known Inventor of electrical appliances and one of the pioneers In the construction of electric railways, is dead in Lordon from ap­ pendicitis. He was a native of Ohio. Gen. Webb Resigns. New York special: At a meeting of the board of trustees of the College of the City of New York the resignation of Gen. Alexander S. Webb, who has been president of the institution more than thirty years, was accepted. I^uerst Bismarck Breaks Shaft Plymouth cable: The Hamburg- American line steamship Fuerst Bis­ marck, from New York, Oct. 16, ar­ rived here a day late with her star­ board shaft broken. She sailed 20# miles on one engine. Stork Visits Clark's Daughter. , New York special: A daughter ha* been born in this city to Mrs. Lewir Rutherford Morris, who was Mis* Katherlne, the daughter of Senator W AJiBark of Montaaa. REDMOND HEADS OPPOSITION Challenges Ruling'of the Chair In D*> claring Motion Cut of Order and His Comrades Cheer and Shout In Riot­ ous Approval. London cable: Another scene waa caused by the Irish nationalists in the tiouse of commons, on Identical lines with those which have almost daily marked the present session. The na­ tionalists bombarded the chief secre­ tary for Ireland, Wyndham, with all kinds of relevant and irrelevant ques­ tions. and when tha speaker barred the attack in this direction the na­ tionalists moved an adjournment of the house in order to discuss some triviality which happened during the last session. < •; / . - Challenge SpeakeiV When the speaker ruled the motion out of order great disorder followed. Nationalist after nationalist sprang to his feet and violently challenged the speaker's ruling. William Redmond was specially prominent, insisting in arguing with tlhe speaker, to which he was egged on by frantic cheers and shouts from the nationalist benches. Finally Mr. Devlin obtained leave to move the adjournment of the bouse to discuss certain rioting in Belfast Oct 19. The evening session of the house de­ veloped recriminations between the Irish Roman Catholic members and Thomas Sloan, the new Protestant member for South Belfast Wants to Discuss Rioting. In moving the adjournment of the house to discuss the Belfast rioting, Mr. Devlin, while disclaiming any mo­ tive of religious bigotry, made an at­ tack on the Irish executive for permit­ ting disorderly Sunday meetings on the steps of the Belfast custom house, during the course of which he charged that "itinerant blasphemers insulted the Roman Catholic community and fomented infamous attacks at certain Protestants." Mr. Devlin said that the result of the Belfast elections however, had served to frighten the Irish support­ ers of the government Chides Catholics. Mr. Sloan, in his maiden speech he- fore the house, replied that there had been more rowdyism in the house of commons than he had seen on the steps of the custom house. He said that none of the speakers at the lat­ ter place was ever Jailed for boycot­ ting and intimidation, for the simple reason that they were all loyal sub­ jects who did not believe in such con­ duct Mr. Wyndham denied that there had been any rioting at Belfast Oct. 19. William Redmond then rose to speak, bu1: Premier Balfour moved the closure, which was arried by 188 to 121 votes. Mr. Devlin's motion was defeated by 200 to 98. The house then resumed the discussion of the educa­ tion bill. VICTORY FOR MRS. LUDINGTON Judge Decides Widow Is Entitled to Dower Rights. Milwaukee special: Mrs. Emeline Ludlngton won a complete victory in Judge Ludwig's court, when a decision was handed down denying Executor James E. Patton of the will of former Governor Harrison Ludlngton the right to recover the one-third of the estate recently set over to her by the court Mrs. Ludlngton had previously accepted a private settlement as her share of the estate, but later claimed she did not know its value, and pre­ ferred her dower right, which she will receive. Governor Ludlngton was a millionaire at the time of his death. WIDOW DEMANDS HER PORTION Quick Action in Case at Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids, Mich., special: With­ in an hour after the death of Alder­ man Charles H. Phillips his wife pe­ titioned the Probate Court to be ap­ pointed special administratrix of his estate. She claims that during his ill­ ness he was taken to his mother's home and she was refused admission to see him, and that his mother and sister influenced him to transfer to them his life insurance policies and other property, leaving heir destitute. Lincoln Appointee Dies. Sherman, Tex., special: Herman H. Abrams, for fifty years in active rail­ road service and who dispatched mili­ tary trains out of Cairo, 111., during the civil war under direct appointment of President Lincoln, is dead. He had resided In Sherman for 20 years. Democratic Candidate Is III. Chippewa Falls, Wis., dispatch: Louis Lange, the democratic candi­ date for secretary of state, who was touring the state with Mayor Rose, was taken ill with the grip left for hiB home in Fond du Lac. Hurricane Kills Fifteen. Buenos Ayres cablegram: A hurri­ cane has Bwept over Port Diamente, Province of Entre Rios. Fifteen per­ sons were killed and many injured. A hundred houses were destroyed and'several ships sunk. Rich Russian W^TIs. St Petersburg cablegram: Reports from the central Caucasus ' Indicate that the newly discovered petroleum deposits near Fort Grosni promise to be fully as rich as the famous fields of that region. ; ̂ Life Imprisonment. Clarinda, Iowa, dispatch: The Jury found William Lucas guilty of the of Emma Moore of this city 16 and fixed the penalty at est for ttfe. OIL F0H FUEL Petroleum Is Not Fit for Use ^ iarger Vessels, Owing uv; : *to Smoke.. STORAGE PRESENTS PROBLEM • Quite as Difficult to. Handle and No , More Desirable Than Coal--Adviaap ^ Installation of Liquid Burners ~" * Torpedo Boats and Transports. Qeorge Melvllle. englneer in^chMd ̂- In his report to the Secretary of the Navy devotes considerable attention to the question of liquid fuel for war vessels. Extensive experiments hara been made during the year in driving ships with oil, and when the proposi­ tion was first submitted it was hoped that a perfect substitute for coal had been found. Creates Smoke. The result of these experiments shows, however, that oil is no more de* Dirable than coal. It is quite aB ex> pensive and difficult to handle. Thera is also the problem of smoke, a very serious point when a battleship da* sires to pass undetected. Engineer Melville believes that oil should ba used successfully on the torpedo boats and auxiliary naval vessels that steam between regular ports. It might also prove very desirable for the army transports, but for battle ships and cruisers further experiments will be necessay before the naval officers feel justified in recommending the change from coal as fuel. The difficulty in storing oil on board ship, the fumes and the lack *of appliances to secure the best results are points against liquid fuel for the larger ships. The bureau has no hesitation, how­ ever, in urging the installation of liquid fuel burners without delay upon at least one-third of the torpedo boats and destroyers. It is hoped that fur­ ther experiments will produce im­ provements in the burners and present methods. Personnel Law. Mr. Melville says with the greatest frankness that the personnel act has proved to be a failure as it is admin­ istered, and he declares that one-half of the officers of the navy have yet to be convinced of the benefits of amal­ gamation. To use his own words in referring to the personnel act, "It was rather a revolution than progression in naval development when Congress enacted-a law whereby every nav|d officer of the line had in the future tor become a fighting engineer." • * Still Admiral Melville thinks that if the law were administered with a de­ sire to make it a success it would give the most efficient navy in the world. To that end he wants an engineering laboratory at Annapolis for experimen­ tation and the education in engineer^ mg of young line officers. He also asks the establishment of a post-grad­ uate course in engineering at the academy. THE LATEST MARKET REPORTS Wheat New York--No. 2 red, 77%@77%c. Chicago--No. 2 red, 69%<g>70?4c. St. Louis--No. 2 red, 68c. 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